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• Slade Gorton & Co., Inc, is recalling lot 3896 of Wellsley Farms Farm-Raised Atlantic Salmon sold in 2-lb bags at BJ's Wholesale Club stores

• The recall comes from the FDA due to the product being contaminated with listeria

• The products were sold in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia from Jan. 31 through Feb. 7.

Salmon produced by Wellsley Farms has been recalled in seven states due to listeria contamination.

"Slade Gorton & Co., Inc, is recalling lot 3896 of Wellsley Farms Farm-Raised Atlantic Salmon sold in 2-lb bags at BJ's Wholesale Club stores due to the potential for the product to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes," a statement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began.

The recalled salmon was sold only in BJ's Wholesale Club stores in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia from Jan. 31 through Feb. 7. It is packaged in 2-lb bags with the Wellsley Farms logo and Farm-Raised Atlantic Salmon on the front. The UPC code (888670025963) and recalled lot number (3896) are on the reverse of the bag, below the cooking instructions and Nutrition Facts panel, per the FDA.

Consumers who believe they purchased the product call 1-888-628-0730 at any time for instructions on how to obtain a full refund and what to do with the remaining product, per the FDA.

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Listeria is defined as "an illness caused by bacteria that can spread through many foods," perMayo Clinic. "It can be very serious for pregnant women, people older than 65 and people with weakened immune systems," the clinic defines.

The most common foods to be infected with listeria are soft cheeses, deli meats and dairy products that haven't been pasteurized to kill bacteria, according to Mayo Clinic.

The recall comes after another widespread cheese recall that affected 20 states in January. Ambriola Company, a supplier to popular brands likeBoar's Head Brandand Locatelli,issued a recall of select pecorino Romano cheese productsback on Nov. 24. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reclassified the recall as Class I on Jan. 6.

The affected products came from five brands — Locatelli, Pinna, Boar's Head, Sam's Club's brand Member's Mark and Ambriola — and were sold directly to consumers and in large-scale sizes for restaurants.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four people have been indicted on federal charges stemming from clashes with federal officers in Minneapolis, including one woman who is accused of biting off an immigration officer's fingertip.

The three others were charged in connection with threats made to FBI agents after documents containing the agents' personal information was stolen from a vehicle.

According to sworn statements filed in those cases, the FBI agents were investigating a shooting by an Immigration Customs Enforcement Officer on Jan. 14 when protests made the area unsafe and they had to flee on foot, leaving behind two of their vehicles. The vehicles were vandalized and broken into, and several things were stolen including guns, FBI identification cards and documents that included addresses, phone numbers and other personal information of some FBI employees.

That personal information was then posted on social media, according to the court documents, and that's when the officers began receiving threatening phone calls, text messages and emails.

Woman accused of biting off immigration officer's fingertip

Claire Louise Feng, 27, is accused of biting off the fingertip of a special agent from Homeland Security Investigations during a Jan. 24 protest that happened after immigration officers shot and killed Alex Pretti. Feng, who is from St. Paul, Minnesota, was indicted on the charge of assaulting a federal officer resulting in injury.

In an affidavit filed in the case, Homeland Security Investigations special agent Bronson Day said an immigration officer was attempting to arrest another protester when Feng tackled the officer. A Customs and Border Protection officer took Feng to the ground and was trying to secure her arms when Feng bit the officer's finger through a glove, Day wrote.

The day was very cold and the officer didn't immediately realize the severity of the injury, Day wrote, but when the officer removed his glove, he realized the tip of his ring finger had been removed, exposing the bone. He was able to get medical attention within an hour, Day wrote.

Feng's attorney, Kevin C. Riach, said she would fight the charge.

"All you have to do to assess the credibility of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents when they make allegations like this is to look at yesterday's dismissal that confirmed ICE agents have made false allegations against a defendant," Riach said. "We look forward to fighting this case and clearing Ms. Feng's name."

3 people indicted in threats to FBI agents

Brenna Marie Doyle, 18, of Spokane, Washington, was indicted Thursday on charges of threatening to murder a federal law enforcement officer, threatening to murder a federal law enforcement officer's family member and interstate transmission of a threat to injure a person. The indictment alleges she left voice messages on the FBI agent's phone threatening to kill them and their spouse and child.

Doyle hasn't entered a plea yet, and her attorney Robert D. Richman said they were waiting to receive evidence from the government so they can evaluate the case. He noted Doyle lives in Washington state and has never been to Minnesota.

"There is no allegation that she took any steps whatsoever to carry out any of these threats or come within a thousand miles of the agent," Richman said.

James Patrick Lyons, 45, of California was indicted on five counts of interstate transmission of threats to injure a person, and Jose Alberto Ramirez, 29, of Illinois was indicted on one count of the same charge. Both men are accused of sending threatening text messages to FBI employees.

Attorneys for Ramirez and Lyons did not immediately respond to messages requesting comment. Neither man has had the opportunity to enter a plea.

Boone reported from Boise, Idaho.

A top New Mexico official is calling for an investigation into public land near Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch after a newly released email alleged that two foreign girls were buried there.

Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard said she requested an investigation after learning about a 2019 email included in recently released Epstein-related documents. The email, sent to a conservative radio host, claimed that two girls were buried on public land leased near the ranch. The act was allegedly done at the direction of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for sex trafficking.

"There was a very disturbing allegation that came out that could potentially be linked to state land," Garcia Richard said. "Because I am the manager of that land. I'm the elected steward of that land and what occurs there and what the land is used for is of utmost interest and importance to us at the State Land Office."

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She said, to her knowledge, neither the state land nor Zorro Ranch has ever been searched as part of a criminal investigation.

From reviewing historical documents, Garcia Richard said it appears the leased state land may have been used as a buffer around the ranch.

"It seems like the state land was used almost as a buffer, a shield to hide what activity was occurring on the ranch ... to insulate visibility to what was occurring there," she said.

Garcia Richard said she is concerned the land could be a potential crime scene.

"If state land was used for criminal activity, that is definitely something New Mexicans need to know," she said. "Those are answers that victims and survivors need to have."

Garcia Richard said she has the authority to cancel leases on state land and confirmed that any party associated with Epstein was removed from the property. The lease was canceled in 2019 and has not been issued to anyone else.

However, she said the State Land Office does not have law enforcement authority.

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"We are looking to partner with other agencies that do have that capacity to investigate the land," Garcia Richard said.

Garcia Richard said technology exists in New Mexico to conduct searches for possible unmarked graves, including ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs.

The land in question is "fairly large," she said, but investigators would likely focus first on a specific area referenced as the hills behind Zorro Ranch, which she said is state land.

Garcia Richard said she has asked the New Mexico Department of Justice and federal authorities to get involved and plans to pursue other state partnerships if necessary.

Garcia Richard also said she reached out to the attorney general's office in 2019 seeking an investigation, but nothing was done at the time.

The class-action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against the NFL filed by former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores, later joined by former Arizona Cardinals coach Steve Wilks and longtime assistant Ray Horton, can be tried in open court, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Friday.

The rulingupheld previous decisionsby the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan and U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni that stated Flores would be able to take his lawsuit to court, rather than go through arbitration that would have been overseen by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

"The court's decision recognizes that an arbitration forum in which the defendant's own chief executive gets to decide the case would strip employees of their rights under the law," Flores' attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor and David E. Gottlieb,said in a statement. "It is long overdue for the NFL to recognize this and finally provide a fair, neutral and transparent forum for these issues to be addressed."

Flores' lawsuit against the NFL, Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Houston Texans alleges racial discrimination in the league's hiring process for coaches.

An assistant for 11 years before being hired as the Dolphins' head coach, Flores was fired after the 2021-22 season. While pursuing other head-coaching opportunities as an assistant with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he alleged that the Giants and Broncos only interviewed him to accommodate the league's Rooney Rule that mandates teams consider minority candidates for head-coach openings. The suit claims that those teams did not view him as a legitimate candidate for those jobs.

"The significance of the Second Circuit's decision cannot be overstated," Wigdor and Gottlieb added. "For too long, the NFL has relied on a fundamentally biased and unfair arbitration process—even in cases involving serious claims of discrimination.

"This ruling sends a clear message: that practice must end. This is a victory not only for NFL employees, but for workers across the country—and for anyone who believes in transparency, accountability and justice."

Flores provided evidence in his filing showing text messages from former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick congratulating him for getting the Giants' head-coaching job. However, Flores told Belichick that he had not yet interviewed for the position. Belichick believed his messages were going to Brian Daboll, who was hired by the Giants.

Wilks joined the class-action suit with claims against the Cardinals. He was fired as Arizona's head coach after only one season, after which the team hired Kliff Kingsbury. Wilks alleges he was only viewed as a one-year "bridge" during the 2018 season.

Horton named the Titans in his claims, alleging that the team had already decided to hire Mike Mularkey in 2016 when interviewing him, then the defensive coordinator, for its head-coaching position.

An NFL memo sent Friday morning informed all teams that the players association no longer can publish its annual report cards, which rank the franchises on everything from the locker room to the owner to the treatment of families.

That is the result of a grievance filed by the league against the NFL Players Association, according to the memo.

"We are pleased to report that the NFL prevailed in the grievance filed against the NFL Players Association, challenging its practice of creating and publicizing annual 'Team Report Cards'," the memo said. "The arbitrator held that the publication of Report Cards disparaging NFL clubs and individuals violates the Collective Bargaining Agreement and issued an Order prohibiting the NFLPA from publishing or publicly disclosing the results of future player Report Cards."

The 2025 report was the third produced by the NFLPA. The NFLPA made it clear in a statement that it still plans to collect the report cards even if the results can no longer be made public.

"The ruling upholds our right to survey players and share the results with players and clubs," the NFLPA statement said. "While we strongly disagree with the restriction on making those results public, that limitation does not stop the program or its impact. Players will continue to receive the results, and teams will continue to hear directly from their locker rooms.

"Importantly, the arbitrator rejected the NFL's characterization of the process, finding the Team Report Cards to be fair, balanced, and increasingly positive over time. Our methodology is sound. The Team Report Cards exist to serve players. That mission remains unchanged. We will continue working to ensure players' experiences are heard, respected, and acted on - by their teams, by their union, and wherever else possible."

The survey was designed to improve overall working conditions for the players but also to give them the information they need when considering factors to help them make career decisions, such as free agency.

Teams were given letter grades in 11 categories that concerned ownership, coaching, strength and conditioning programs, as well as areas such as travel, locker room facilities, nutrition and treatment of player families.

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Last year, the Miami Dolphins ranked first overall out of the 32 teams, with No. 1 votes in seven of the categories. Owner Stephen Ross was the highest-graded owner. He received an A-plus rating, as did head coach Mike McDaniel, who was fired after the conclusion of the season.

Coming in at No. 2 were the Minnesota Vikings, who ranked first in treatment of families and locker room. Head coach Kevin O'Connell and the owners, the Wilf family, ranked third overall.

In last place were the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals were dinged, especially, for their facilities, but players also said the team needed an upgraded food and dining area. Coach Jonathan Gannon received an A grade from players -- the only A on the Arizona report card -- while ownership ranked No. 30 overall with a D-minus grade.

Gannon also was fired at the end of the season.

Coming in No. 31 were the New England Patriots. After the 2024 survey, owner Robert Kraft made improvements, such as investing $50 million in a new facility next to the stadium, currently under construction, and improving services for family members.

Still, Kraft --whose teams have won six Super Bowl games -- ranked only No. 30 among team owners with a D.

The Patriots, under first-year head coach Mike Vrabel, won the AFC title in 2025 but lost to the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX last weekend.

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Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine will undergo season-ending surgery on his right hand after the All-Star break, longtime NBA insiderChris Haynes reported Friday.

LaVine, a two-time All-Star, was averaging a team-leading 19.2 points per game and shooting 47.9% from the field, including 39% from 3, this season. It's his second season with Sacramento afterhe was traded midseason from the Chicago Bulls last yearin the three-team deal that sent now-two-time All-Star guard De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs.

The Kings have been riddled with injuries this season. Notably, center Domantas Sabonis missed extensive time earlier in the 2025-26 campaigndue to a partially torn meniscus.

A three-time All-Star, Sabonis returned before the trade deadline. He had been the subject of trade talks this season, and so had LaVine and fellow veteran DeMar DeRozan.

The Kings, an NBA-worst 12-44 at the break and losers of 14 consecutive games, didn't deal any of those players. General manager Scott Perry did, however, send Keon Ellis and Dennis Schröder to the Cleveland Cavaliersin a three-team trade that brought back De'Andre Hunterand moved Dario Šarić to the Chicago Bulls.

Šarić has since been traded again and waived.

As for the soon-to-be-31-year-old LaVine, he sat out the past three games due to what the team described as a "right fifth finger tendon injury." That shooting-hand issue is reportedly requiring a procedure that will end LaVine's 12th season in the league.

Earlier this season, he sustained a left ankle injury when he landed awkwardly on a drive into the paint against his old team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, on Dec. 14. He missed nine games in a row as a result.

LaVine has a $48.9 million player option for next season. He's expected to pick that up, but trade rumors likely will resume in the offseason.

Although he led an imbalanced Kings roster in scoring this season, LaVine's 2.3 assists per game were the fewest he has averaged in his career. Plus, he was reeling in under three rebounds per contest for just the third time and the first since the 2015-16 campaign.

Known for his athleticism, LaVine made a name for himself as a two-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion with the Timberwolves, who took him No. 13 overall in the 2014 draft. Friday marked the 10-year anniversary ofLaVine's high-flying showdown versus Aaron Gordonin the memorable 2016 dunk contest.

MALAKOFF, Texas (AP) — Some school districts in the U.S. dropped plans for class pictures after widespread social media posts linked a billionaire with ties toJeffrey Epsteinto the photography giant Lifetouch, which on Friday called the claims "completely false."

The disruption to school picture plans in Texas and elsewhere began after online posts linked Lifetouch, which photographs millions of students each year, to the investment fund manager Apollo Global Management. Apollo's former CEO is billionaire investor Leon Black, who met regularly with Epstein and was advised by Epstein on financial matters.

Black led the company in 2019, when funds managed by Apollo bought Lifetouch's parent company, Shutterfly. The $2.7 billion deal closed in September 2019 — a month after Epstein's death by suicide behind bars as he awaited trial over allegations from federal prosecutors that he sexually abused and trafficked dozens of girls.

Both Lifetouch and Apollo noted that timeline in statements Friday, two days after Lifetouch CEO Ken Murphy said in an Instagram post that neither Black nor any of Apollo's directors or investors ever had any access to Lifetouch photos.

"No Lifetouch executives have ever had any relationship or contact with Epstein and we have never shared student images with any third party, including Apollo," Lifetouch said in its statement Friday. "Apollo and its funds also have no role in Lifetouch's daily operations and have no access to student images."

The canceled school pictures are another ripple effect over the release of millions of files from the Epstein investigation, including documents showing Epstein's regular contacts with CEOs, journalists, scientists and prominent politicians long after a 2008 conviction on sex crimes charges.

In the small Texas town of Malakoff, the local school district canceled a student picture day after several parents told the district they weren't comfortable with Lifetouch photographing their children, spokesperson Katherine Smith said in a statement e-mailed Friday. Several other schools and districts in Texas also canceled or changed plans, as well as a charter school in Arizona, according to Facebook announcements posted by the schools.

"We decided our students and families would be best served by keeping all of our pictures in-house for the rest of this year, and we are looking at all of our options for the 2026-2027 school year," Smith said.

Parents concerned about Lifetouch included MaKallie Gann, whose children attend schools in Howe, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Dallas. She said she was worried about how much information Lifetouch collects on students.

"Whenever you order the pictures, it has their name. It has the age, of course. It has their grade, their teacher, the school that they're in," she said.

No evidence of Epstein or anyone in his orbit seeing Lifetouch photos has emerged from news organizations' review ofthousands of documents released this monthby the U.S. Department of Justice, though there are at least 1.7 million records.

The review shows Black's name appeared 8,200 times, though that figure likely includes some duplicate records.Black stepped downas Apollo's CEO in March 2021, saying he wanted to focus on his family, health, and "many other interests."

That was two months after a committee of the company's boardissued a reportconcluding that Epstein had advised Black personally on estate planning, tax issues, charitable giving and running his "family office," but provided no services to Apollo or invested in no Apollo funds.

The report also said the review — which Black requested — found "no evidence" that he was involved with Epstein's alleged criminal activities "in any way" or "at any time." ___

Hanna reported from Topeka, Kansas. Also contributing was Associated Press writer Jack Dura in Bismarck, North Dakota.